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Shofer
Plans and prices
Open source
Free
Apache 2.0 · pay only for your own API tokens, or $0 with local models
Read 11 Oct 2026 · shofer.dev
On the record
- Coding agent
- Yesshofer.dev · read 22 Sep 2026
- Built-in modes
- Shofer includes Code, Architect, Debug, Code Search, Web Search, and Reviewer modes, with scoped tool access and custom mode support.shofer.dev · read 11 Oct 2026
- Chat assistance
- Yesshofer.dev · read 22 Sep 2026
- Codebase indexing
- Yesshofer.dev · read 22 Sep 2026
- Codebase memory
- A persistent read-only assistant agent uses a local semantic index to retain codebase knowledge across sessions.shofer.dev · read 11 Oct 2026
- Code search
- Shofer indexes code and Git history incrementally using tree-sitter chunking, with a backend and embedding model chosen by the user.shofer.dev · read 11 Oct 2026
- Cost controls
- Users can set per-session USD budgets that pause or abort the agent loop when the limit is reached.shofer.dev · read 11 Oct 2026
- Integrations
- Shofer supports MCP servers and LSP-powered symbol renaming and usage lookup through the language server.shofer.dev · read 11 Oct 2026
- Maker
- The site identifies the maker as Shofer, Inc.shofer.dev · read 11 Oct 2026
- Model providers
- Shofer supports bring-your-own-model, including Anthropic, OpenAI, OpenRouter, xAI, Bedrock, and local models through Ollama or LM Studio.shofer.dev · read 11 Oct 2026
- Notable limit
- The site states that kernel-level Git worktree command sandboxing is available only on Linux.shofer.dev · read 11 Oct 2026
- Parallel tasks
- Users can run independent sessions in a task tree, queue messages, and launch background subtasks with parent-child communication.shofer.dev · read 11 Oct 2026
- Product
- Shofer is an open-source AI coding agent for VS Code that runs declarative multi-agent workflows and displays them as live diagrams.shofer.dev · read 11 Oct 2026
- Sandboxing
- On Linux, shell commands can run in a Landlock/bwrap OS-level sandbox confined to the active Git worktree.shofer.dev · read 11 Oct 2026
- Security and privacy
- The site says Shofer runs locally and that no remote server processes the workspace; it also describes local indexes and OS-level command sandboxing.shofer.dev · read 11 Oct 2026
- Support
- The site links to Discord for help and feedback, Reddit for community discussion, and GitHub Issues for bug reports and feature requests.shofer.dev · read 11 Oct 2026
- Supported IDEs
- Visual Studio Codeshofer.dev · read 22 Sep 2026
- Terminal access
- Yesshofer.dev · read 22 Sep 2026
